Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, pasta meatball bake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook pasta meatball bake using 18 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Pasta Meatball Bake:
- Get 30 grams spinach
- Make ready 210 grams Fusilli Pasta (fresh or dry)
- Take 70 grams Mild Cheese, grated
- Take Meatballs
- Take 400 grams Sausages, skin removed
- Get 250 grams Pork Mince
- Take 70 grams seasoned plain flour
- Make ready 1 tbsp Flat Leaf Parsley, finely chopped
- Get Sauce
- Make ready 25 grams Butter
- Prepare 2 tbsp Double Concentrate Tomato Puree
- Take 400 grams Tinned Chopped Tomatoes
- Get 1 Pepper, sliced
- Get 2 Shallots, finely diced
- Prepare 2 clove of Garlic, crushed
- Get 3 Basil Leaves, roughly chopped
- Take 1/2 Chilli Pepper, sliced finely
- Get 1 tbsp olive oil
Swap the homemade meatballs for ready-made if you like. This cheesy, meatball pasta bake will leave the entire family with full stomachs and smiles on their faces. Try the easy recipe for dinner today. Orange juice and fennel give this quick Meatball Pasta Bake supper bright, fresh flavor.
Steps to make Pasta Meatball Bake:
- Pre heat an oven to 190°C / 170°C fan.
- For the Meatballs: In a bowl, mix the pork mince, sausage meat and parsley, mashing with the back of a fork to help tenderise the mince. Take approximately 1/2tbsp of the mixture and shape into a ball. Roll this in the flour and set to one side. You should be able to get approximately 20 meatballs. Select how many you want to serve per person (6 works well) and freeze the rest. Place the meatballs you wish to use in the fridge to chill for 30mins.
- For the sauce: Heat the oil in a heat proof dish and brown the meatballs. Reduce the hear to low, remove the meatballs and add the butter to gently heat. Add the garlic and shallots and sweat down for 2-3mins. Add the pepper and chilli and cook for a further 2mins. Stir in the puree. Stir in the tinned tomatoes, heat the sauce till bubbling. Reduce the heat to simmer and add the basil. Add back the meatballs and cook for 35-40mins.
- Part cook the pasta in a pan of boiling water (the best thing to do is aim for 2/3rds of the cooking time). Drain out most of the water and leave to one side.
- Remove the meatballs, take the sauce off the heat and add the spinach and pasta.
- Pour the pasta into a suitable dish. Place the meatballs on top and cover in the cheese.
- Place in the oven and cook until the cheese has melted.
- Serve
Chop fennel as you would an onion, or omit it, if desired. Pour sauce over pasta and stir in meat balls. Transfer to baking dish and sprinkle over cheddar. Italian meatball & mozzarella pasta bake. This easy one-pan pasta bake is sure to become a family favorite.
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